Hardware Review

As the title suggests, this article is a hands-on review of my first experience with the Apple Vision Pro. I spent about an hour at the Apple Eaton Centre (with the Vision Pro actually on my head for about 30 to 40 minutes), exploring many aspects of the device alongside an Apple staff member. After the whole process, I have a lot I want to share. After the actual experience, my conclusions haven’t changed compared to watching videos from other tech reviewers. As always, I habitually place the core message and my conclusions at the very beginning of the article. My current personal view is: The Vision Pro is a forward-looking spatial computing device, and its original design philosophy leaves it with no competitors in the current market. However, putting aside specific use cases and viewing it purely as a consumer electronic product, it is unacceptable at its current price. Even after all this time, it still has too many pressing issues that need to be resolved.

I recently purchased the ROG Ally (referred to as Ally below). My motivation for buying it was simple: early adoption. I wanted to see what the resulting product looks like when the PC platform’s massive game library merges with the portable “handheld” form factor. After using the ROG Ally for a week, I feel ready to organize and share my user experience.

Half a year ago, when I learned the exact launch date of the Switch 2, I gave my Switch OLED (which had been gathering dust for about two months) to a friend. My plan was to wait and see until the Switch 2’s pricing stabilized and market reviews became more reliable. Now that I’ve had the new Switch 2 for almost a week, bought several new games, and upgraded a few older ones, I think I can write a brief review from the perspective of an average player. If an upgrade or change is mentioned in this text without explicitly stating the comparison object, it is being compared to the Switch OLED in handheld mode.